EP0950752B1 - Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Textildrucken von verschachtelten Bildern - Google Patents

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EP0950752B1
EP0950752B1 EP99107560A EP99107560A EP0950752B1 EP 0950752 B1 EP0950752 B1 EP 0950752B1 EP 99107560 A EP99107560 A EP 99107560A EP 99107560 A EP99107560 A EP 99107560A EP 0950752 B1 EP0950752 B1 EP 0950752B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H3/00—Patterns for cutting-out; Methods of drafting or marking-out such patterns, e.g. on the cloth
    • A41H3/08—Patterns on the cloth, e.g. printed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
    • B23K26/10—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece using a fixed support, i.e. involving moving the laser beam
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/005—Computer numerical control means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/66—Applications of cutting devices
    • B41J11/663—Controlling cutting, cutting resulting in special shapes of the cutting line, e.g. controlling cutting positions, e.g. for cutting in the immediate vicinity of a printed image
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/66—Applications of cutting devices
    • B41J11/666—Cutting partly, e.g. cutting only the uppermost layer of a multiple-layer printing material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B41J3/4078—Printing on textile
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06P—DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM
    • D06P5/00—Other features in dyeing or printing textiles, or dyeing leather, furs, or solid macromolecular substances in any form
    • D06P5/30—Ink jet printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D2005/002—Performing a pattern matching operation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F1/38—Cutting-out; Stamping-out
    • B26F1/3806—Cutting-out; Stamping-out wherein relative movements of tool head and work during cutting have a component tangential to the work surface
    • B26F1/3813—Cutting-out; Stamping-out wherein relative movements of tool head and work during cutting have a component tangential to the work surface wherein the tool head is moved in a plane parallel to the work in a coordinate system fixed with respect to the work
    • B26F1/382—Cutting-out; Stamping-out wherein relative movements of tool head and work during cutting have a component tangential to the work surface wherein the tool head is moved in a plane parallel to the work in a coordinate system fixed with respect to the work wherein the cutting member reciprocates in, or substantially in, a direction parallel to the cutting edge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F3/00—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F3/004—Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor by means of a fluid jet

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  • the present invention relates in general to systems and methods for making garments, upholstery and the like from fabric webs, and deals more particularly with apparatus and methods for producing pattern pieces of predetermined configurations cut from web fabric material for assembly into garments or the like with the fabric of each pattern piece having a fabric design with design features arranged in a predetermined manner with respect to lines that define the boundary of the piece.
  • the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method as recited in appended claims 4 and 1, respectively, of making pattern pieces from work material with each pattern piece carrying a printed design for assembly into garments and the like.
  • the design is printed only within, or so as to expand only slightly outside of, the boundaries of the pattern pieces. This avoids the problems previously associated with alignment of the pattern pieces relative to a repeating design preprinted over the entire surface of the work material and allows a more compact nesting of the pattern pieces on the work material.
  • An electronic pattern piece database is generated, having a template for each of the desired pattern pieces. Graphical images, representative of the repeatable portion of the design, are also generated and are combined individually with the pattern piece templates.
  • the templates are then arranged in nested relation to create a cutting and printing marker wherein a fabric print design appears in each piece as desired, both as to orientation and match, in the corresponding finished pattern pieces.
  • the cutting and printing marker is then utilized to control a cutter for cutting the pattern pieces from the web and a printer for printing the desired designs onto the fabric web in the areas corresponding to the pattern pieces, with the printing preferably occurring prior to the cutting.
  • the templates are taken one-at-a-time, from the database and visually displayed.
  • the displayed template is first rotated into a desired orientation.
  • an image of a swatch of the fabric print design is superimposed on the template image and properly positioned with respect to the match points included within the template confines.
  • the fabric print pattern is then repeated in both coordinate directions so as to completely fill the template.
  • a record of the oriented and pattern-covered template is stored in a holding file or database.
  • the records are arranged in nested relation to create the cutting and printing marker.
  • a method of making fabric pattern pieces begins with the generation of a pattern piece database 10 that is stored in a computer processor (not shown).
  • the pattern piece database 10 is an electronic file of templates each corresponding to one of the pattern pieces. These templates include match points which are located within the template confines and used to orient a pattern piece on a marker, as explained in detail herein after.
  • the pattern piece database may be generated by different systems known to those skilled in the pertinent art, however, one such system found to be particularly effective, is the AccuMarkTM marker making system manufactured and sold by Gerber Garment Technology, Inc. (GGT).
  • one or more of the fabric print design templates can be combined with one or more of the pattern piece templates, by means hereinafter described, to create a cutting and printing marker 30, wherein the fabric print design appears individually in each piece as it would in the corresponding finished pattern piece.
  • a dye jet printing apparatus diagrammatically illustrated as 40 in FIG. 1, responsive to commands issued from the controller and suitable for printing on fabric, is also provided.
  • One such printing apparatus is the NOVAJET PROSERIES sold by Encad, Inc. of San Diego, CA. While a dye-jet printer has been described, the present invention is not limited in this regard as other types of printers, such as an ink-jet, or thermal printer can be substituted without departing from the broader aspects of the present invention.
  • the cutting and printing marker is used by the controller to issue commands to the printing device, instructing it to print the cutting and printing marker onto a web of fabric.
  • the fabric is initially unprinted, however, the present invention is not limited in this regard as the marker could also be printed onto a piece of patterned fabric 50.
  • the printed fabric pattern pieces 60 may then be cut from the web, either manually or by means of a cutter responsive to commands issued from the controller.
  • a pattern piece template 62 selected from the pattern piece database 10, FIG. 1, is shown on a video display 56.
  • the image shown on the display 56 represents a piece or sheet of fabric that will be printed with the pattern pieces and then cut.
  • the displayed pattern piece 62 can be rotated to the desired orientation with respect to the fabric sheet.
  • a "swatch" of the fabric print design 64 is positioned on the pattern piece and is rotated into alignment with the pattern piece 62. Since each fabric swatch 64 has an identifiable repeat pattern, only one swatch needs to be stored in the database, thereby reducing the amount of disk storage required to implement the system.
  • the computer processor next computes an area referred to as the min/max box 66 that defines a perimeter "P" encompassing the displayed pattern piece.
  • the min/max box 66 is filled with a plurality of individual swatches 64 and shown on the display 56 as a continuous fabric pattern.
  • the position of each of the fabric swatches 62 will be identified by the computer processor with at least two coordinates, preferably Cartesian X and Y, that will be stored in machine readable format in the database.
  • the computer processor With the min/max box 66 filled with the above-described swatches 64, the computer processor will next compute where the peripheral edges of the pattern piece 62 intersect the swatches.
  • the system will electronically clip the particular swatch 64 creating a geometric structure 68 corresponding to the clipped areal portion of the swatch that falls outside of the pattern piece 62. This information will then be stored in the database. This process will continue until all of the swatches 64 have been analyzed.
  • the resulting database will contain a swatch bitmap image, a series of X and Y coordinates identifying the placement and orientation of each of the swatches 64, a geometric definition of the pattern piece(s) 62, and a series of clipped geometric sections 68.
  • the computer processor next identifies each pixel in the clipped geometric sections 68 (dotted lines, FIG. 5) of each swatch 64, that extend outside of the boundary of the corresponding pattern piece 62.
  • the character of each of these pixels will then be altered such that the pixel is transparent, or a color that can be mapped to a specific printing device's non-printing color. Accordingly, only the fabric pattern within the perimeter of the pattern piece(s) shape will be displayed and subsequently printed. This allows for pattern pieces to be arranged in a nested sequence creating the printing and cutting marker.
  • a fabric printing and cutting apparatus which is referred to generally with the reference character 100, is shown having a table 102 supported on legs 104.
  • the table 102 includes a flat upper work surface 120 adapted to support a workpiece 106.
  • a first carriage 108 which transversely spans the table 102, is supported for movement in a first coordinate direction X and movably carries thereon a cutter carriage 112 mounted for movement in a second coordinate direction Y.
  • the cutter carriage 112 has a cutter head 114 mounted thereon.
  • a cutter head 114 mounted thereon.
  • various cutting devices including rotating blades, reciprocating blades, lasers, or water jets may be employed in the cutter head 114 without departing from the broader aspects of the present invention.
  • a second carriage 116 also transversely spans the table 102 and is supported for longitudinal movement, similar to the first carriage 108.
  • the second carriage 116 movably carries thereon a printer carriage 122 mounted for movement in the Y direction.
  • the printer carriage 122 has a print head 124 mounted thereon. That employs a pigment jet printer, such as, but not limited to a dye-jet or ink-jet, although other types of printer, such as thermal transfer printers.
  • a pigment jet printer such as, but not limited to a dye-jet or ink-jet, although other types of printer, such as thermal transfer printers.
  • the printing and cutting apparatus 100 includes a controller 126 which sends and receives signals on lines 128 and processes those signals.
  • the controller includes a video display 130 of a known type, as well as a keyboard 132.
  • the controller includes a computer processor that has sufficient computer memory and other peripheral hardware to perform the functions set forth herein above.
  • the present invention may have particular application to short production runs and the preparation of prototypes or samples. It is also especially well suited to the creation of full sized, printed patterns for home sewing. In such an application, the purchaser could specify the garment style, size, color and fabric design desired. The appropriate pattern pieces would then be printed on a fabric web, to be later cut and sewn. It would also be possible to print sewing instructions, or piece identifications, directly onto the fabric. While repeated reference has been made to garment making, it should be apparent that the present invention has equal applicability to upholstery and the like.

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  1. Verfahren zum Herstellen von Stoffschnittmusterteilen (62), wobei jedes Schnittmusterteil (62) ein Druckmuster hat, das innerhalb der die Begrenzung des Teiles definierenden Linien angeordnet ist, wobei das Verfahren die Schritte umfaßt:
    Bereitstellen einer Druckeinrichtung (40, 122) zum Drucken von Schnittmusterteilen (62) und von Mustern innerhalb dieser Schnittmusterteile (62) auf eine Lage von Arbeitsmaterial (50),
    Bereitstellen einer Steuerung (126), die betriebsmäßig mit der Druckeinrichtung (40, 122) verbunden ist, um an die Druckeinrichtung (40, 122) Befehlssignale auszugeben,
    Erzeugen einer elektronischen Schnittmusterteil-Datenbank (10), die für jedes der Schnittmusterteile (62) eine Schablone enthält, die in der Steuerung (126) gespeichert ist,
    Erzeugen eines Bildes, das repräsentativ für einen wiederholbaren Abschnitt (64) eines auf die Schnittmusterteile (62) zu druckenden Musters ist, und Speichern des Bildes in der Steuerung (126),
    individuelles Zusammenführen des wiederholbaren Abschnittes (64) mit dem entsprechenden Schnittmusterteil (62),
    Erzeugen eines Schneide- und Druckschnittmusters (30) durch Auffüllen jedes der Schnittmusterteile (62) mit einer Vielzahl von Kopien der wiederholbaren Abschnitte (64), von denen jeder Seite an Seite relativ zu dem unmittelbar folgenden wiederholbaren Abschnitt (64) angeordnet wird,
    wobei ein Stoffdruckmuster in jedem Schnittmusterteil (62), sowohl hinsichtlich der Ausrichtung als auch der Passung, in den entsprechenden fertigen Schnittmusterteilen erscheint,
    Betreiben der Druckeinrichtung (40, 122) gemäß Befehlen, die aus der Steuerung (126) ausgegeben werden, um das Schnittmuster (30) auf das Arbeitsmaterial (50) zu drucken.
  2. Verfahren zum Herstellen von Stoffschnittmusterteilen nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Schritt des Erzeugens eines Schneide- und Druckschnittmusters (30) ferner gekennzeichnet ist durch das Erzeugen eines Umfangs (P), der die Begrenzung, die von jedem der genanten Schnittmusterteile (62) definiert wird, einschließt,
    Ausfüllen des Umfangs (P) mit einer Vielzahl der wiederholbaren Abschnitte (64), die relativ zueinander Seite an Seite angeordnet werden,
    Festlegen von Flächenabschnitten (68) der Vielzahl von wiederholbaren Abschnitten (64), die sich außerhalb der von jedem der Schnittmusterteile (62) definierten Begrenzung erstrecken,
    Verändern der Flächenabschnitte (68) derart, daß sie nicht-druckbar sind, wodurch verursacht wird, daß der Umfang (P) Schnittmusterteile (62) enthält, die mit dem Muster ausgefüllt sind und von nicht-druckbaren Flächenabschnitten (68) umgeben sind, und
    Speichern der Schnittmusterteile (62) und der nicht-druckbaren Flächenabschnitte (68) in der Steuerung (126).
  3. Verfahren zum Herstellen von Stoffschnittmusterteilen nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, ferner umfassend die Schritte:
    Bereitstellen einer Schneideeinrichtung (112, 114) zum Schneiden der Schnittmusterteile (62) aus dem Arbeitsmaterial (50), und
    Veranlassen, daß die Schneideeinrichtung (112, 114) die Schnittmusterteile (62) aus dem Arbeitsmaterial (50) gemäß dem Schneide- und Druckschnittmuster (30) abhängig von aus der Steuerung (126) ausgegebenen Befehlen schneidet.
  4. Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Stoffschnittmusterteilen (62), wobei der Stoff jedes Schnittmusterteiles (62) ein Stoffdruckmuster mit Mustermerkmalen hat, die in einer vorgegebenen Weise in bezug zu Linien angeordnet sind, welche die Begrenzung jedes Schnittmusterteiles (62) definieren, umfassend:
    eine numerisch gesteuerte Druckeinrichtung (40, 122) zum Drucken eines gewünschten Stoffdruckmusters auf eine Bahn eines unbedruckten Stoffes (50),
    eine Steuerung (126) zum Steuern der Druckeinrichtung (40, 122),
    Mittel zum Erzeugen einer elektronischen Schnittmusterteil-Datenbank (10), einschließlich einer Schablone für jedes der gewünschten Schnittmusterteile (62), in der Steuerung (126),
    Mittel zum Erzeugen eines graphischen Bildes in der Steuerung (126), das repräsentativ für ein gewünschtes Stoffdruckmuster ist, und
    Mittel zum Zusammenführen des Stoffmuster-Graphikbildes mit der Schnittmusterteil-Datenbank (10), um ein Schneide- und Druckschnittmuster (30) zu erzeugen, wobei das Stoffdruckmuster, sowohl hinsichtlich der Ausrichtung als auch der Passung, individuell in jedem Schnittmusterteil (62) erscheint, wie dies in den entsprechenden fertigen Stoffteilen gewünscht ist.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, ferner mit einer numerisch gesteuerten Schneideeinrichtung (112, 114), die betriebsmäßig mit der Steuerung (126) verbunden ist, um bedruckte Schnittmusterteile (62) aus einer Stofflage zu schneiden.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, ferner dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Druckeinrichtung (40, 122) Mittel (124) enthält, um Mehrfachstrahlen pigmentierter Farbe auf eine Stoffbahn zu richten.
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